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DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed October 14, 1915. Serial No. 55,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS D. HEUSNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In order that newspapers, periodicals, postal cards and other matter may be conveniently sold, in the day time or at night I have devised a portable display stand that can be easily and safely moved from one location to another and the articles displayed thereon protected against the forces of nature should occasion arise. The display stand includes novel card holders, trays, a lamp casing, and a money and stamp drawer, all of these parts being constructed largely of commercial structural steel assembled to form a rigid and durable structure designed to display a large quantity of merchandise in a comparatively small space.

My invention will be better understood when reference is had tothe drawing showing a preferred embodiment of my inven tion, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes, in size, shape and manner of assemblage as fall within the scope of the ap pended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the display stand; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the stand, and Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.

A display stand comprises a set of front uprights 1 provided with T connections 2, elbows 3 and legs 4. The uprights 1 are connected by tie rods 7 the T connections 2 by a round and the elbows 3 by a round 6, as shown best in Fig. 4. The elements thus far described constitute an end frame and connected to the elbows and T connections of said end frame by side frames 8 and 9 is another end frame generally designated 10, said frame being similar in construction to the first mentioned end frame, with the eX- ception that the lower ends of the uprights have casters or wheels 11 whereby the display stand may be easily moved from one location to another by raising the legs 4 ofi of the pavement or ground. The end frame also differs in another respect, that is, it has T connections 12 instead of the elbows 3,

whereby a horizontally disposed handle bar 13 may be connected to the end frame 10. The handle bar 13 is braced relative to the end.frame 10 by angularly disposed bracket members 14 and said handle bars supports a shelf or tray 15 which may be used by customers for various purposes, for instance, that of addressing postal cards.

The end and side frames form a skeleton framework and such framework is utilized as a stand by providing the top of the frame-work with a top plate 16 secured to the elbows 3 and the T connections 12. Below the top plate 16 are superposed trays or shelves 17 having upstanding side flanges 18 and rolled ends 19 embracing the tie rods 7 of the end frames. It is upon the top plate 16 and the trays 17 that newspapers, magazines and the various kinds of articles may be stored and displayed.

The top plate 16 has depending side flanges 20 and riveted or otherwise connected to said side flanges are card racks 21. The card racks 21 are in the form of oblong plates cut and stamped to provide outwardly extending horizontal supporting members 22 and end retaining members 23, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, said members 00- operating in supporting a plurality of postal cards.

V On the top plate 16, contiguous to the shelf or tray 15, is an oblong lamp casing 24 having detachable transparent walls or signs 25 and incandescent lamps 26 supplied from a suitable source of electrical energy, as storage batteries 27 within a casing 28 connected to the end frame 10 and resting upon the bracket members 14 of the handle bar 13. The illumination of the lamps 26 is controlled by a conventional switch 29 and said lamps constitute illuminating means for the top plate 16 and the shelf 15.

The top plate 16, adjacent the round 6, is provided with depending brackets 30 supporting a drawer guide or way 31 for a money and stamp drawer 32 and this drawer may be provided with a conventional lock.

The end frames of the display stand are provided with turn buttons 33 of the ordinary and well known type, whereby side and top covers may be placed upon the display stand to protect merchandise thereon, said covers may be shown rolled up on the bracket members 14 below the shelf 15.

Connecting the rounds 5 of the end frames is a tray or shelf 34 and connecting the rounds 5 and 6 of the end frame 10 are straps 35, said straps preventing merchandise from sliding oil of the trays or shelves l7 and 84 when the display stand is'tilted to be moved from one location to another.

The framework of the display stand may be constructed of tubular material and plumbing fittings finished to protect the material from corrosion and also to present a neat appearance.

lVhat I claim is A display rack comprising a tubular framework, a top plate on said framework and having depending side flanges, card racks having the lower edges thereof connected to the flanges of said top plate and extending above the table top to furnish sides for the same, and means in a plane with said top plate to facilitate moving said framework.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS D. HEUSNER. Witnesses KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

